Combination garment



March 5, 1935.

R. H. ROSENBERG COMB INATION GARMENT Filed Jan. 10, 1935 ff ATTORN EY Patented Mar. 5, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application January 10,

Claims.

My invention relates to combination garments, and more particularly to a childs combination garment comprising a body or waist portion, pants or bloomers, and a skirt portion.

:5 It is a purpose of my invention to provide whatv is known as a one-piece garment comprising a waist, pants and a skirt portion that is so made that it will have a neat and attractive appearanceY and at the same time lcan be put on and taken off loA the child without any diiliculty, and which is so made that the same can be washed and ironed readily, due to the fact that when the garment is off the wearer it can be spread out in such a manner that all portions thereof are readily accessible for ironing purposes. y

Itis a purpose of. my invention to provide a gar-` ment of the above vmentioned character, which is simple in construction and which is so made that the same will hang from the shoulders entirely, there being no portions thereof that are supported from the hips or that must flt the body of the wearer tightly around the Waist portion. Thus a garment is provided which is more healthful than garments in which some portion thereof is supported by the hips or must of necessity t tightly around the waist of the wearerin order to remain in position.

More particularly itis a purpose of'my invention to provide a combination garment of the above mentioned character comprising a waist or body portion and a pants or bloomer portion that are permanently joined together, being preferably made out of the same piece of material, although this is not absolutely necessary, and a skirt pork tion that is permanently secured to the body or waist portion of the garment, vthe parts :being so related to each other that the garment can be readily put on or removed from the wearer and will have a neat and attractive appearance when 40 in position, the garment being provided with a drop seat portion that can be readily manipulated when this is desiredythe pants portionof the garment preferably being so constructed that thesame will have a closed crotch, and will have separable edge portions along the sides of the legs thereof that may be connected with and disengaged from each otherin order to operate said drop seat portion, the top ofwhich issecured to the body portion of the garment adjacent 50 the lower edge of said bodyportion to hold said seat portion in normal position.

It is furthermore a purpose of my invention to provide a garment of the above mentioned character that is so made that all the different sur-'- faces thereof are readily accessible when the gar 1933, Serial N0. 650,965

ment is not being worn so that it can be readily laundered, and particularly can be readily ironed on all the surfaces thereof without any diiculty, this being accomplished by providing a skirt portion that is fastened to the body portion of the 5 garment normally only at one portion thereof, being otherwise detachable from the remainder of the garment so as to be free of the underlying portions Aof the garment, such as the pants portion thereof, so that said skirt portion can be spread out to simplify the ironing thereof. The only portion of the garment that cannot be spread out fiat is the waist Yor upper body portion thereof, and this can be ironed in a well known manner Without any diiculty.

It is a specific purpose of my invention to provide a combination garment comprising a waist portion, a pants portion continuous, with the waist portion, and preferably made in one piece with the Waist portion, which has a drop seat portion detachably connected at the free edge thereof with said waist portion, and a skirt portion permanently secured to the waist portion or body portion at the front side thereof only, and detachably secured to the body portion or waist portion at the back of said body or waist portion so that the skirt portion will be held in encircling relation to the body of the wearer, and overlying the pants portion of the garment. Preferably the skirt portion is made with free sidewing portions extending in opposite directions from the central permanently secured portion thereof, which side wing portions are adapted to be passed around the body of the wearer in opposite directions with the free substantially vertical edge portions overlapping, and said skirt portion is provided with means for securing said wing portions detachably to the body portion of the garment at theback thereof adjacent the bottom edge of the back of said body portion and with means for detachably securing the overlapping edges thereof together. Y

Preferably the skirt portion is provided with means for concealing the fasteningV devices `that secure the skirt portion and body portion detach- 45 ably together, and said means `also preferably is so made as to normally conceal the overlapping edge portion at the rear thereof.

The skirt portion is preferably secured centrally of itself tothe body portion of the gar-` ment or waist portion thereof,vand preferably has an upward extension that is permanently secured to said waist or body portion. This extension may vary in'extent and width, as will be obvious as the detailed description proceeds. Also the appearance thereof can be considerably varied in order to obtain garments of different styles and varying appearance. The particular method of securing the skirt portion permanently to the body portion may also be varied, as will be obvious, as long as the same is permanently secured to said body portion and is adapted to be spread out in the manner above referred to.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear as the description of the drawing proceeds. I desire to have it understood, however, that I do not intend to limit myself to the particular details shown or described, except as defined by the claims. l

Fig. 1 is a front View of my improved combination garment, showing the skirt portion spread out.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of my improved garment, showing the drop seat portion detached and extending downwardly, and the skirt portion detached from the body portion and spread out laterally. Y' v 1 Fig. 3 is a View partly in plan and partly in perspective, showing the skirt portion raised at the front of the garment so as to reveal the structure of the body portion and pants portion of the garment.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational view of the garment as it would appear in position on the wearer.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, partly` broken away, of a modification. y

Fig. 6 is a view similarto Fig. 5 of a similar modication.

7 is a view similar to Fig. 4, partly broken away, showing a still further modification.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary section on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig.

2, and

Fig. 9 is a similar section taken substantially on the line 9-9 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, my improved garment comprises a body portion or waist por- `ion l0, which may be made in any desired manner or style, being shown as being a sleeveless garment having the arm openings 11, the collar 12 and having a slit at 13, which has the edges thereof secured together at the top thereof in any suitable manner as is customary, so that thevfastoning means can be released'to enlarge the neck opening'o'f the garment for slipping the waist or body portion over the head of the wearer.

Extending downwardly from and, preferably, continuous with-the'material of the waist portion lil-at the front thereof, is a pants portion comprising a front portion or forward panel 14, and a rear portion or drop seat portion 15, which is connected with the front portion 14 by means of a crotch portion 16 of reduced diameter, the same having the curved cut out edges 17 on opposite sides thereof so as to iit around the legs of the wearer to provide leg openings for the pants portion of the garment when the free side edges 18 of the rear half of said portion 15 are s'ecured to the free side edges- 19 of the front panel or forward half 14 of the pants portion of the garment.

Any suitable fastening means may be provided for connecting these two halves of the pants portion of the garment together along the edgesy '18 and 19. The portion of the garment is provided with button holes 20 in the form of the invention shown, which cooperate with the buttons 21 on the portion 14 of the garment to secure the edges 18 and 19 together so `as to close the pants portion of the garment along the sides thereof. A bloomer or pants portion is thus provided that has a closed crotch and which is adapted to be unfastened or opened up in a similar manner to a romper.

The portions 14 and 15 of the garment are preferably tapered so as to widen toward the crotch portion 16 so as to provide the desired amount of fullness in the garment to permit ease of movement in walking or for similar purposes. The narrow end of the portion 15, which becomes the top portion of the drop seat of the garment, is preferably provided with a pocket therein at 22, in which elastic 23 is provided, which will hold the top edge of the garment in contracted condition and hold the same up in proper position when the button holes 24 are engaged by the buttons 25 provided on the body portion 10, the body portion 10 being provided with a belt portion or reinforcing strip 26 near the bottom edge thereof on the back side of said body portion 10, lto which reinforcing portion the buttons 25 are secured. The garment can, of course, be similarly, and is, preferably, similarly reinforced along the side edges 18 and 19 in a well known manner.

Y My improved garment is further provided with a skirt portion 27, which is provided with a central upward extension 28, which is secured to the body portion or waist portion 10 on the front side of said garment above the waist line thereof, the same being secured, in the form of the invention shown, to said body portion 10 by means of a seam or row of stitches 29 at the top thereof, and said extension may be provided with smocking 44 or any other means to obtain any desired decorative effect that will enhance the appearance of the garment, it being obvious that many kinds of ornamental effects can be obtained.

The important feature of this structure is that the skirt portion is secured permanently and securely, without any danger of becoming detached, to the upper body portion or waist portion 10, and is free therefrom except at the secured top edge thereof. Of course, the width of the upward extension 28 and the transverse extent of the stitching 29 may be Varied considerably, and upon reference to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the garment' may be provided with a skirt portion 27', that has an upward extension 28 that extends up to the neck portion o'f the body portion or waist portion 10 and the stitching 29' may be located adjacent said neck portion, and the smocking 44 is provided adjacent thereto. The extension 28 is in the form of a bib or elongated, rather narrow, upward extension of the skirt portion, in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 5.

Another variation of the skirt portion and its manner of securement to the body portion of the garment, is shown in Fig. 6, in which the upward extension 28" of the skirt portion 27" is relatively wide and extends up to the neck portion of the waist portion or body portion 10, and is secured thereto, the stitching 29" extending around the neckand being of substantially the full width of the neck portion o'f the garment at the front thereof, the garment thus produced having what might be termed a jumper effect.

- The skirt portion 27 may be Vgathered along the top thereof, if desired, or may be out so as to be plain, if desired. No matter how the skirt portion may be made, however, it is secured permanently to the body portion or waist portion 10 only at the front of said body portion or waist portion 10 and is otherwise detachable therefrom so as to be adapted to be-spread out,v as shown in Figs. l and 2, With portions exe tending sidewise from the central portion there. ofv having the extension 28 so asto provide' what` might betermed side'wings 30 thereon extending in opposite directions from the central portion thereof having the upward extension 28, or. extending in opposite directions from the secured front portion'thereof. The lateral extensions 30.

of the skirt portion 28 are brought around the body. of the wearer after the pants portion hasr been fastened with the drop seat portion in closed position and the buttons engaged .with the button holes 24, and said lateral extensions are secured to the body portion 10 at the back thereof, detachably, in such a manner that thek In the form of the invention shown the skirtA portion is detachably connected with the body.

portion or waist portion 10 by means of the buttons 45, 32 and 33 provided on the reinforced bottom edge portion 26 of the back half :of the body portion 10. The button vholes 34 on the belt portion or reinforced portion'35 on each' lateral extension of theskirt portion .of .the garment receive the buttons 45, the button holes 36 receiving the buttons 32 and the button holes 37A receiving the button 33. Thus whenthe button 3.3 is engaged withrbo-th'the`V button holes 37 the skirt will be held in embracing relation with the body of the wearer with the substantially vertical edge portions 31 in overlapping relation, as shown in Fig. 4. Preferably the edges 3l of the skirt portion are provided with suitable reinforcing means so that buttons 38 may be provided on one of said edges that engage button holes in the other edge to hold theY overlapping edges 31 in closed position. Obviously any other desired forrnzof fastening means than buttons could also be used forthis purpose.

The skirt portion 27 may be provided with a pair ofv suitable sash members 39 that are se.

cured thereto only at the ends 40 thereof, arid which extend laterally a considerable distance beyond the edges 31 of the'skirt portion, said sash members or concealing members 39 being of such a width that the same will overlap and means that may be utilized for'securing the skirt portion to the waist portion or body portion of the garment. These sash members 39I are preferably of such a length thatk the same can be tied 2 in a large bow 41 with longA ends 42 thereon, which serve to hide the overlapping edge 31 at the.

overlapping joint in the skirt portion 27.

Of course,` it is no-t absolutely necessary that such a concealing means be provided, as it might be desired to create a belted effect in the iinished garment when it is in positionl on the wearer, in lwhich case the concealing means may be omitted, as shown in Fig. '7, the belt portions 35` corresponding to the reinforcing or belt portions inFig. 2, having button holes extending therethrough so that the buttons 45, 32 and 33 will be exposed. Of coursa'thisr same eiTect may be created around the front part of the skirt portion by suitable buttons and a suitable strip of material secured to the skirt portion to create the appearance of a belt should this be desired.

The` garment shown in Fig. 7 is otherwise made has been previouslysubstantially the same as described. f

f The garments shownin Figs. 5-and 6 lare subeffectively conceal the buttons or other fasteningv stantially. the same as that shown in Fig. 1 in the 1 other details of construction than those men-l tioned above, and in all of the forms of the invention'shown, the upward extension 28 is joined with lthe laterally extending portionsv 30 of the skirt portion 27 bya curved edgel portion 43, the curvature of the same varying in accordance with they extent of the upward central extension that is permanently secured to the body portion, but in any case being so shaped as to provide aA pleasing effect to the eye when the garment. is viewed from the the wearer.

What Iclaimisz'- f 1*. A combination garment of the described comprising a body portion, a pants portion, said portions'beingjoined together permanently at the front thereof, a'skirt portion joined permanently to said body portion at the front thereof and having portions extending laterally in opposite directions from said body portion, the rear of said pants portion `being detachably connected with. said' body portion and means for detachably securing said skirt portion to said body portion at the back of said body portion.

. 2. A combination garment of the character described comprising a body portion, a pants portion, said portionsbeing joined together permanently at thel front thereof, a skirt portion joined permanentlyto 'saidgbody portion at the front thereof, the rear of said pants portion being detachably connected with said body portion, 4means for detachablysecuring said skirt portion to said body portion at the back of said body portion, and means overlying said securingmeans to conceal the same. l

3. A combination garment of the character described-comprising waist, pants and skirt portions, said skirt portion being permanently secured to said w-aist portion only at the front thereof and having free portions adapted to extend around the body in opposite directions from said permanently secured portion thereof into overlapping relation to encircle the body and means for detachablyv securing said skirt portion` to said Waist portion at the back of said waist portion, said pants portion being continuous with said waist portion at the front of said garment and having a dropseat portion at the rear 'of said garment detachably connected to said waist portion adjacent the lower edge thereof.

4. A combination garment of the character de scribed comprising waist, pants and skirt portions,` said skirt portion having a central porfront when it is in'pcsition on character permanently secured to said waist portion at the front thereof and having side wing portions adapted to extend around the body in opposite directions from saidpermanently secured portion thereof into overlapping relation to encircle.

the body and means for detachably securing said side wings of said skirt portion to said. waistn 4, portion at the back of said waist portion, with the vertical free edges thereof in overlapping relation, said skirt portion having a pair of members thereon concealing said securing means.

6. A combination garment of the character described comprising waist, pants and skirt portions, said skirt portion having a central portion permanently secured to said-waist portion at the front thereof and having side wing portions adapted to extend'around the body in opposite directions from said permanently secured portion thereof into: overlapping relation tb encircle the body and means for detachably securing said side wings of said skirt portionto said waist portion at the back of said waist portion, with the vertical free edges thereof in overlapping relation, said skirt portion having a pair of members thereon concealing said securing means, said members extending beyond said edges and being adapted to be tied to provide asash concealing the overlapping edgeof` said skirt portion.

'7. A combinationgarment of thecharacter described comprising waist, pants and skirt portions, said skirt portion having 4an upward extension permanently secured to said Waist portion only at the front thereof and having free portions extending laterally beyondA said waist portion in opposite directions adapted to extend around the body in opposite directions from said permanently secured portion thereof into overlapping relation toV encirclerthe body and means for detachablyy securing said skirt portion to said waist portion at the back of said waist portion.

8. A combination garment of the character described comprising waist, `pants and skirt portions, said skirt portion having a central portion extending upwardly and'being secured to said waist portion at the front thereof and having side wing portions adapted to extend aroundthe body in opposite directions from said central portion'thereof into overlapping relation to encircle the body and means for detachably'securing said side wing'sof said skirt portion to said waist portion at 'the back of said waist portion, said pants portion being continuous with said waist portion at the front of said garment and having a drop seat portion at the rear of said garment detachably connected to said waist porportion adjacent the lower edge thereof.

9. A combination garment of the character described comprising waisit, pants and skirt portions, said skirt portion having a central portion extending upwardly and being secured to said waist portion at the lfront thereof and having side wing portions adapted to extend around the body in opposite directions from said central portion thereof into overlapping relation to encircle the body and means for detachably securing said side wings of said skirt portion to said waist portion at `the back of said waist portion, said pants portion being continuous with said waist portion at the front of said garment and having a drop seat portion at the rear of said garment detachably connected to said waist portion adjacent the lower edge thereof, said skirt portion overlapping said drop seat portion and the means for detachably connecting said drop seat portion with said body portion, and having means for concealing the means for detachably securing the back of said skirt portion to said waist portion, p

10. A combination garment of the character described comprising waist, pants and skirt portions, said skirt portion having a central portion extending upwardly and being secured to said waist portion at the front thereof and having side wing portions adapted to extend around the body in opposite directions from said central portion thereof into overlapping relation to encircle the body and means for detachably securing said side wings of said skirt portion to said waist portion at the back of said waist portion, said pants portion being continuous with said waist portion at the front of said garment and having a drop seat portion at the rear of said garment detachably connected to said waist portion adjacent the lower edge thereof, said seat portion being continuous with the front portion of said pants to provide a closed crotch for said garment.

11. A combination garment of the character described comprising waist, pants and skirt portions, said skirt portion being permanently united with said waist portion and forming depending and lateral extensions on said waist portion and said pants portion being continuous with said waist portion at the front of said garment and having a front portion and a rear portion, said rear portion beingdetachably connected to said waist portion adjacent the lower edge thereof and having free side edges detachably secured to the front portion thereof, said lateral extensions being adapted to be spread out in opposite directions from said waist portion and having means thereon for securing the same in body encircling relation withthe free edges thereof overlapping.

l2. A combination garment of the character described comprising an upper body portion having a skirt portion permanently secured thereto on one side thereof, said garment having wing portions extending laterally from said upper body portion and being adapted to extend around the body in opposite directions into overlapping relation to encircle the body, means for detachably securing said wing portions to said upper body portion on the opposite side of said upper body portion from that to which said skirt portion is permanently secured, said wing portions comprising skirt portions having the free edges thereof overlapping, said wing portions being adapted to be spread out as a single ply extension of said upper body portion when said detachable securing means are released and a pants portion permanently connected at the front thereof to said upper body portion.

13. A combination garment of the character described comprising an upper body portion having a pants portion permanently connected with said upper body portion at the front of said pants portion, and having wing portions extending laterally from one side of said upper body portion in opposite directions to provide a skirt portion adapted to encircle the body of the wearer and having means for detachably securing said wing portions to the opposite side of said upper body portion with the free edges thereof in overlapping relation.

14. A garment of the character described, comprising an upper body portion, a pants portion having a front portion extending endwise from the front of said upper body portion and having a rear portion extending endwise from said front pants portion, and having means for detachably securing said rear pants portion to said upper body portion, and a skirt portion permanently united with said upper body portion to form an extension thereof, said skirt portion comprising a central portion having a fixed relation to said upper body Vportion and a pair of lateral extensions adapted to be passed around the body of the wearer with the free edges into overlapping relation, said lateral extensions and said upper body portion having means thereon for detachably securing said lateral extensions to said upper body portion in body encircling relation.

15. A garment of the character described, comprising an upper body portion, a pantsk portion having a front portion extending endWise from the front of said upper body portion in a single ply and having a rear portion extending endwise from' said front pants portion in a single ply,

means for detachably securing said rear pants portion to said upper body portion, and a skirt portion permanently united with said upper body portion, comprising a pair of Wing portions extending laterally from said upper body portion and beyond the same in a single ply in opposite directions and adapted to be passed around the body of the wearer with the free lateral edges in overlapping relation, and means for detachably securing said wing portions in body en- 10 circling relation.

lRUBY HOLLAND ROSENBERG. 

